Report Says Youth Facility Has Been A Problem For Years

Casper, Wy – A report says a juvenile facility inCasper has been locking up youth in jail space that was deemedunsuitable for adults over a decade ago. The report obtained by The Associated Press also says that youthat the Regional Juvenile Detention Center are locked up in waysthat increase their risk of committing suicide or physically orsexually assaulting one another. The report was done by the National Partnership for JuvenileServices, and it came out in December -- three months before anassault and other alleged incidents at the juvenile facility. The Wyoming Department of Family Services is now looking intothose incidents. The facility is in the third floor of the Natrona County lawenforcement building. The facility used to be the county's adultjail and began holding juveniles after a new jail was built in the1990s.